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1586512

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the fixed penalty notice fine for idling car engines.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	147285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>All fixed penalty notices are periodically considered to ensure they remain appropriate. With idling car engines, Local Authorities are encouraged to adopt an educational approach to change driver behaviour, alongside considering enforcement via use of FPNs.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 27/02/2023 09:58:33 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1584849

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Broadband: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the price of broadband packages on the ability of people to access essential online services.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	141465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that this is clearly a difficult time for families up and down the country who are struggling to pay their bills as a result of the global rise in the cost of living.</p><p>On 23 January, the former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport met with Chief Executives from major broadband providers at which she asked them to consider carefully the need, at this time, for above inflation price increases and highlighted the impact they may have on those already struggling to pay their bills.</p><p>My department has also negotiated a range of high-quality, low-cost broadband social tariffs for households in receipt of Universal Credit and other means tested benefits from as little as £12 per month. These are available in 99% of the UK and may represent a 50% saving from the average-priced broadband package.</p><p>Ofcom, the independent regulator, has a statutory duty to assess the affordability in the telecoms market. My department engages regularly with them on matters relating to the affordability of broadband and other telecoms services.</p><p>We encourage anyone who is struggling to afford their broadband service to contact their supplier and see what support is available.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/02/2023 16:54:05 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1582902

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the £500 cap on payments received every three months under the Tax-Free Childcare scheme in the context of increased childcare costs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	137910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child up to age 11 and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they’re 17. Take-up of Tax-Free Childcare has continued to increase and is on a steady upward trajectory: at the end of September 2022 (the most recent data) an estimated 401,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare for 478,000 children, compared to 391,000 families for 468,000 children in June 2022. The Government spent £44 million on TFC top-up for families in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Additional childcare support is available: all three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours of free childcare per week, regardless of circumstance. Eligible working parents of three- and four-year-olds can also access an additional 15 hours of free childcare per week, also known as 30 hours free childcare. Moreover, Universal Credit (UC) claimants are able to claim up to 85% of their childcare costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/02/2023 14:06:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1582971

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fuel Oil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that those households who have a heating oil based system will not face high costs when a ban on their usage comes into force in 2026 and a replacement heating source will be required.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	137941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on new regulations to phase out heating systems using high carbon fossil fuels in homes, businesses and public buildings in England off the gas grid during the 2020s. The Government will set out further details on these proposals when it responds to these consultations in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently supporting households switching to clean heat through schemes like the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and Home Upgrade Grant, and it is working with industry to cut the cost of installing a heat pump as the market grows.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/02/2023 09:59:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1582055

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households which were eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in 2022 are no longer eligible in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	135484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme this year, providing £150 rebates to over 3 million households. The Government published impact assessments when consulting and publishing the Government’s response, which compared the option for reforming the scheme to continuing the previous scheme.</p><p> </p><p>As households previously applied through their suppliers, who set their own application processes and eligibility criteria and selected successful applicants each year, the Government has not been able to assess how many households previously eligible are no longer eligible.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 10/02/2023 09:55:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1582056

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the reliability of the Energy Performance Certificate data being used to decide on eligibility for the Warm Homes Discount.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	135485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on the reforms to the scheme in summer 2021, which included an assessment of the reliability of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data.</p><p> </p><p>The Government calculates energy cost scores for properties using certain property characteristic data primarily from the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) for the purpose of establishing eligibility under the Warm Home Discount.</p><p> </p><p>Property characteristics from EPCs are only used at the request of a household when they believe the property characteristics in their EPC are more accurate than those provided by the VOA, or in the minority of cases where VOA data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/02/2023 11:53:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1581522

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Animal Breeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to protect dogs from unregulated breeding clinics.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	134022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling dogs and/or who breeds three or more litters in a twelve-month period needs to have a valid licence from their local authority. All dog breeders, including canine fertility clinics who do not meet the threshold for licensing under the 2018 Regulations, are obliged under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to protect their animals from suffering and provide for their welfare needs in line with best practice. A breach of these provisions may lead to imprisonment, a fine, or both.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2023 14:47:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1581241

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the costs of administering the voter ID requirements for elections will be paid from council budgets or Government funding.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	133710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>In line with longstanding government policy, new burdens funding has been provided to local authorities to clear additional costs as a result of these changes.</p><p>Electoral fraud undermines the fundamental right to vote in free and fair elections. Photographic voter identification has operated successfully in Northern Ireland since 2003 when introduced by the last Labour Government.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 03/02/2023 14:26:26 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1581274

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Bristol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of constructing additional flood defences in the city of Bristol due to rising sea levels.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	133722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) has been working in Partnership with Bristol City Council to address the flood risk from the River Avon. The Bristol Avon Flood Strategy identifies the increasing flood risk to the city centre due to river levels and the expected age-related deterioration of existing flood risk assets. Today a severe flood from the River Avon would result in the flooding of approximately 1,100 homes and businesses. By the end of this century the number of properties at risk is expected to increase to approximately 4,500 existing properties.</p><p> </p><p>Bristol City Council and the EA are developing the Outline Business cases (OBCs), which will deliver the first phases of improved flood defences from the late 2020’s onward. A phased approach to improving the defences will require £216 million of investment, including £147 million of Partnership Funding over the next 100 years. The Council are working to develop a strategy to identify the sources of this funding.</p><p> </p><p>A strategic approach to managing the risk of flooding in the central area of Bristol will:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Future proof substantial parts of the city to ensure flood risk to homes and businesses is adequately addressed, taking an adaptive approach to climate change</li><li>Facilitate the development and regeneration of areas currently subject to flood risk</li><li>Provide opportunities for improved walking and cycling links, enhanced green spaces and biodiversity gains</li><li>Provide nearly £1 billion in economic benefit to the UK and unlock over £7 billion benefits to the local economy by enabling growth at sites currently constrained by flood risk</li></ul> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/02/2023 07:52:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1581275

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulation of crypto-currencies.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	133723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The government believes that having robust and effective regulation will boost innovation - by giving people and businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies safely</p><p> </p><p>A consultation on the future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoasset activities was published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-financial-services-regulatory-regime-for-cryptoassets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-financial-services-regulatory-regime-for-cryptoassets</a> on Wednesday 1 February.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Financial Services and Markets Bill ensures that the Treasury can establish the legislative framework for regulating cryptoassets and stablecoins.</p><p> </p><p>The government has already taken steps to bring certain cryptoasset activities into the scope of UK regulation. Since January 2020, cryptoasset firms operating in the UK have been subject to the Money Laundering Regulations. To protect consumers, on 18 January 2022, the Government set out its intention to legislate to bring certain cryptoassets into financial promotion regulation and published a further policy statement here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cryptoasset-promotions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cryptoasset-promotions</a> on Wednesday 1 February.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 02/02/2023 12:19:23 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones